Ned Vizzini - Rick and Rand The Objectivist Hero in The Walking Dead - the biggest draw of the apocalypse is the way it absolves us of our responsibilities. The apocalypse offers us a chance to erase all of these and scale life back to one responsibility—staying alive.

Kenneth Hite - Postmodern Merlin Edwin Jenner as the Enchanter in the Cave.

Steven Schlozman - Feel Better? - dissects the disturbing role of science in the television series.[2]

Lisa Morton - The Walking Dead and Dance of Death Or, Why the Zombies Are Always on the Other Side of the Fence - historical apocalyptic stories.

Scott Kenemore - A Zombie Among Men Rick Grimes and the Lessons of Undeadness - Robert Kirkman’s epic comic book series is called The Walking Dead. Not The Whiny Humans. Time after time, the zombies prevail and feed while the humans die, flee, or fight each other.

David Hopkins - The Hero Wears the Hat Carl as 1.5-Generation Immigrant and True Protagonist - Walking Dead is not only about survival but also about immigration—people entering into a new habitat and finding their place within it.

Kim Paffenroth - "For Love Is Strong as Death" Redeeming Values in The Walking Dead - Anyone temporarily “saved” from a dire fate is usually only killed in some equally horrible way later on. This is a fairly common—and straightforward and understandable—criticism of the zombie subgenre. However, it is one that applies least to The Walking Dead.[3]